Last October, horror fans received a Halloween treat when it was rumored that Trick ’r Treat and Krampus director Michael Dougherty would be directing the sequel to 2014's Godzilla, and now, as a late holiday gift, those rumors have been confirmed.
Variety reports that Dougherty will indeed be directing Godzilla 2 as well as co-writing the latest version of the screenplay with his Krampus co-penner Zach Shields.
The Legendary Pictures' film will be overseen by Alex Garcia, with Warner Bros. scheduled to release the movie in theaters on March 22nd, 2019, a little over one year before Godzilla vs. Kong shakes the big screens on May 29th, 2020.
Having directed Trick ’r Treat and Krampus, and with his co-writer's credit on Superman Returns, Dougherty is no stranger to working with Legendary and Warner Bros. Are you excited to see a new Godzilla movie roar to life with Dougherty at the helm?
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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